Barber: Results of drug legalization not pretty

6:52 PM,
Mar. 12, 2014

Written by

Lou Barber
Ruston

Twenty states and the District of Columbia have passed medical marijuana laws legalizing the use and production of medical marijuana for qualifying patients under state law.

Some states have legalized marijuana for public use with across the counter purchases. Approximately 50 years ago, Switzerland legalized drugs. The result was the drug users took over all public facilities like parks and swimming pools. Used needles were strewn everywhere on lawns, sidewalks and overflowing trashcans.

My wife and I witnessed that mess in Lucerne, Switzerland, in the early 1960s. ...